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Location Finder - Unified
Available
  • The DHL Location Finder – Unified API provides a single interface to discover all DHL locations that handle parcels and letters, enabling customers during online checkout to choose nearby pick-up or drop-off (PUDO) points such as parcel lockers and view key details like available services and opening hours.
  • New: Routing distance for Sweden: Get real driving‑distance calculations (in addition to airline distance) for Swedish locations, improving accuracy in checkout and location‑selection workflows.

Best for:

  • Find locations easily: Search by address, geo‑coordinates, location ID, or keywordId for direct addressing.
  • All networks, worldwide: Supports all parcel and letter forwarding networks worldwide (Post & Parcel Germany, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, DHL Freight)
  • All location types: Service points, post offices, postbank branches, lockers (including lean variants), PO boxes, and postboxes.
  • Full service info: See which services each location supports, e.g. parcel/express pick‑up, drop‑off, unlabeled drop‑off, plus extras like letter‑service, postident, and age‑verification.
  • Easy integration: Ideal for checkout delivery options, map‑based store locators, returns flows, and logistics planning.
Region: Global
Used for: Location
Division: DHL Group, Post & Parcel Germany, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, DHL Freight
Shipment Tracking - Unified
Available

Best for:

  • Providing access to the shipment status at any time
  • Integrating all types of DHL shipments
  • Multiple shipments (e.g. eCommerce, Express, Freight, Letter, Parcel, etc.)
Region: Global
Used for: Tracking
Division: DHL Group, DHL Freight, DHL eCommerce, DHL Supply Chain, DHL Global Forwarding, Post & Parcel Germany
Shipment Tracking - Unified - Push
Available

Best for:

  • Providing access to the shipment status at any time
  • Integrating all types of DHL shipments
  • Multiple shipments (e.g. eCommerce, Freight, Letter, Parcel, etc.)

This is the push version of the Shipment Tracking Unified API which proactive sends updates.

Region: Global
Used for: Tracking
Division: DHL Group, DHL Freight
Additional Services (DHL Freight)

Best for:

To validate which DHL Freight additional services can be combined to each product and how they can be combined with each other.

Precondition:

  • For existing DHL Freight business customers with a valid contract.
  • For domestic and international palletized road freight transport orders (> 35 kg) across Europe.

For this DHL Freight API, we offer a service that will inform you about its important updates; you can subscribe to this service by using the NOTIFICATION button on right hand side of this page.

Region: Europe
Used for: Additional Services
Division: DHL Freight
Authentication API (DHL Freight)
Available

This API provides authentication services for some of DHL Group's APIs.

Note: This Authentication API works only for a set of DHL Group's APIs. Please read the documentation of the API you are trying to use to know whether this Authentication API is the one to provide authentication services for you.



Region: Global
Used for: Account
Division: DHL Freight
Deutsche Post Hybrid Mail Shipments E-POST (Post & Parcel Germany)
Available

Best for:

  • Business Customers sending PDF documents as mail shipment with Deutsche Post 
    • Using varied mail shipments of Deutsche Post with E-POST
    • Tracking the shipment from uploading through delivery
  • Get access and implementing the E-POSTBUSINESS API
Region: Global, Germany
Used for: Shipping
Division: Post & Parcel Germany
Deutsche Post International (Post & Parcel Germany)
Available

Best for:

  • Creating labels for international mail, lightweight items and merchandise
  • European Business Customers sending worldwide
Region: Europe
Used for: Shipping, Tracking
Division: Post & Parcel Germany, Post
DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect
Available

Best for:

  • Shipping of Parcel Connect, Parcel Return Connect, Parcel Connect Light and Parcel Connect PLUS 
  • Creating cross-border & direct injection shipments within Europe
  • Large business customers of DHL eCommerce in Europe
  • Sending shipments within Europe and from Europe (excl. DE) into Rest of World
Region: Europe
Used for: Shipping
Division: DHL eCommerce
DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect (Beta)
Available

Additional documentation of the DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect API for Beta features for technical implementation. These features should only be used production in alignment with DHL eCommerce. Only use this page if adviced by employees of DHL eCommerce.

 

For the standard product and feature offering please refer to this page: DHL eCommerce Europe - eConnect API

Region: Europe
Used for: Shipping
Division: DHL eCommerce
Document (DHL Global Forwarding)
Available

DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING: Air, Ocean and Ground Freight Forwarding

DOCUMENT: Download electronic documents from DHL Global Forwarding Document Management Systems

Region: Global
Used for: Additional Services
Division: DHL Global Forwarding